This world-renowned manufacturer highlights the importance of India as both a market and manufacturing hub for commercial vehicles. Under Nesselhauf, DICV launched India’s first indigenised mining truck—the BharatBenz 3143. India will also play a major role in Daimler’s global strategy, by exporting India-made FUSO? trucks to 21 countries and will increase markets in the next two years. DICV has also exported over a million parts to Daimler entities across the world. Speaking at EXCON 2015—South Asia’s largest construction equipment exhibition—Nesselhauf said, “With top-quality products from our world-class factory in Oragadam, Chennai, we have not only made a mark with our Indian and international customers, but also convinced other Daimler brands and entities to source parts from us and our supplier network. Our Indian operations will become more important for Daimler Trucks with regard to sales volumes and knowledge transfer.”